Back to Basics: Accent Modification

Name: Back to Basics: Accent Modification
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (2705 reviews)

Course: #9099Level: Introductory 1.5 Hours 2705 Reviews

This course is designed for SLPs who would like to work in the field of accent modification or wish to learn more about it. It provides an overview of accents and their potential impact on communication, assessment, target selection at the segmental and suprasegmental levels, and training principles.

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Course Type: Video, Audio

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Introductory, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.5; IACET/0.2; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; SAC/1.5

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to explain the roles of accentedness, intelligibility, comprehensibility, and naturalness in second language phonological acquisition.
After this course, participants will be able to select appropriate segmental targets for accent modification based on the principles of contrastive analysis, functional load, intelligibility, and naturalness.
After this course, participants will be able to identify suprasegmental targets for clients to maximize their ability to communicate effectively.

Course created on January 16, 2020

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-20 Minutes	Accent frameworks: accentedness, intelligibility, comprehensibility, and naturalness
20-35 Minutes	Accent modification: providers, settings, efficacy, and training principles
35-50 Minutes	Designing and conducting an assessment of segmentals and suprasegmentals
50-70 Minutes	Segmental target selection and training
70-85 Minutes	Suprasegmental target selection and training
85-90 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Robert McKinney
MA CCC-SLP

Robert (Bob) McKinney, M.A., CCC-SLP is the author of “Here’s How to Do Accent Modification” published by Plural Publishing in 2019. He holds MAs in Communicative Disorders, International Relations, and Education. Bob speaks six languages and has worked with clients from over eighty countries. He currently works with predominantly bilingual students as the lead SLP at the Sweetwater Union High School District. At San Diego State University, he teaches phonetics and supervises graduate students in the Accent and Communication Training Program. He has served as the president of the Corporate Speech Pathology Network (CORSPAN) and on the board of directors of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA).

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Robert McKinney received an honorarium for this presentation. He receives royalties from a book he authored on the topic of accent modification. Nonfinancial: Robert is President-Elect of CORSPAN, the Corporate Speech Pathology Network.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Introductory Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs

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